M A R G I N E L L A 



Plate IX. 



Specits 33. (Fii;;. a, h, JIiis. Cuming.) 



Mauginella Belcheri. Mar(j. tcdd fnsiformi-conica, 

 fuhcscente-alljii, nite7it(>,fiiineo-purpnreo, in liiieis bre- 

 vibiis loiir/itiidiiiaHljiis medio >ifhiiInto-fascial(i, spird 

 coiiicd, anfractibiis siipenii dt'clivi-tidiiidi^ ; hibro iii- 

 crnssafo, eburneo. 



I'li'.LCHEii's Maeginella. Shell fusifonnly conical, ful- 

 vous-white, shining, cloudedly banded about the 

 middle with sraoky-purple in short longitudinal lines, 

 spire conical, whorls slopingly tumid round the upper 

 part ; lip thickened, ivory-white. 



1 1 iNDs, Pro. Zoo). Soc. 1844, p. 73. Moll. Voy. Sulphur, 

 pi. 13. 1'. 1 to 5. 



Jl/ib. Ca])e Blanco, West Africa (dredged from a depth o' 

 from twelve to tifteen fathoms) ; Belcher. 

 A smooth shining shell delicately pencilled throughout, 



but more especially in the middle with close-set bands of 



!-horl siuoky-purple or fuscous lines. 



Species 34. (Kg. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



]\Iauginelea musica. Marg. testa subabbrcviaio-cunicd, 

 fidcesci'ide-cineren, ffriseo nebulatd, li/ieis nigris con- 

 spicitis rcqnidistaiilihtis viidiqite ci]igidatd, spird brevi, 

 (iiifractibiis siipcnie t/niiido-rotiiiidatis ; labro iiiodice 

 iiicrassnto. 



'I'liK MUSIC Maeginella. Shell rather shortly conical, 

 fulvous-ash, clouded with grey, encircled tbroughoat 

 with conspicuous equidistant black lines, spire short, 

 whorls tumidly rounded at the upper part ; lip mode- 

 rately thickened. 



Hinds, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1844, p. 73. Moll. Voy. Sulphur, 

 pi 13. f. 8, 9. 



J/«b. Cape Blanco, West Africa (dredged from sand at 

 the depth of thirty-five fathoms) ; Belcher. 

 Of a peculiar shortly-conical form, encircled throughout 



with neatly-defined equidistant black lines. 



Species 3."). (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 

 Mauginella diadochls. Marg. trstdfiixiformi-obiongd, 

 ti'iiiiiciild, pallidi ciiwred, aurantio tiiictd, liiieis itigris 

 inegquidistaiitib/is vjidiqiie cingidatd, spird siibobtuse 

 coiiicd, aiifraclibiis siipi'r/ie dcclicibus ; labro parum 

 incrnsxuto. 

 The beuvl Mauginella. Shell fusiformly oblong, 

 rather thin, pale ash-colour, tinged with orange, en- 

 circled throughout at unequal distances with black 



lines, spire rather obtusely conical, whorls sloping 



round the upper part ; lip but little thickened. 

 Adams and Reeve, Moll. Voy. Samarang, p. 38. pi. 7. 



f. 4. 0, b, c. 

 Hub. Straits of Suuda (from a sandy floor at a depth of 



about three fathoms) ; Belcher. 

 The figure of this very characteristic species in the 

 ' MoUusca of the Voyage of the Samarang,' is accom- 

 panied by a beautiful drawing of the living animal made 

 bv Mr. Arthur Adams, at the time of its captm-e in the 

 Straits of Sunda. 



Species 36. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Taylor.) 

 JIakginella nodata. Marg. testa fusi/ormi-oblongd, 

 fidoescente-cinered, olivaceo tiiictd, Ibieis nigris, hie 

 illic punctatis, longitudinuliter undatd, spird elevatd, 

 aiij'ractibus superm obtuse subangulatis, ad anguluni 

 obscure plicato-nodutis ; labro incrassato. 

 The knotted Maeginella. Shell fusiformly oblong, 

 fulvous-ash tinged with olive, longitudinally waved 

 with black lines, dotted at intervals, spire raised, 

 whorls slightly obtusely angled round the upper 

 part, obscurely plicately noduled at the angle ; lip 

 thickened. 

 Hinds, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1S44, p. 73. Moll. Voy. Sulphur, 



pi. 13. f. 6, 7. 

 Hub. Cape Blanco, AVest Africa (dredged from sand at a 

 depth of from twelve to fifteen fathoms) ; Belcher. 

 The black dots which appear at intervals on the longi- 

 tudinally waved lines give them a knotted appearance. 



Species 37. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Mauginella Clekyi. Marg. testd fiisiformi-oblovgd, 

 sabaiK/Hstd, ciiiereo-albd, j/laudieo-caruleo nebulatd, 

 liiieis iiigris couspiciiis loiigiludiiniUter strigatd, spird 

 siibacumiimtd, uiifractibus superne td.r tuiiiidis, callosis, 

 niteutibus, labro incrassato. 



Cleey's Maeginella. Shell fu.siformly oblong, rather 

 narrow, ash-white, clouded with leaden-blue, longitu- 

 dinally streaked with conspicuous black lines, spire 

 rather acuminated, whorls but little swollen round 

 the upper part, callous, shining, lip thickened. 



Petit, Mag. de Zool. 1836, Moll. pi. 73. 



Hub. Senegal, West Africa. 



-Distinguished by its unusually narrow fusiform growth, 



wdiile the longitudinal lines are not intercepted by dots. 



Auu-ust, 1S64. 



